Root Cause of Riots for last 175 Years

POLITICS OF COMMUNALISM
By: Ms Zenab Banu
Appendix IV, Page 175-193

As published by Government of India

Source

Year	Place	Immediate Cause
1713 AD	Ahmedabad	Opposition to solemnise the holi festival on the one side and the cow slaughter on the other side between the neighbors of the two opposite communities.
1719-20	Kashmir	Vendetta of a Muslim gentleman of position against the Hindus
1729	Delhi	The murder of a Mussalman by a Hindu for reason not known
Dec.1782	Sylhet, Assam	The Muslims (having 2/3 majority) demanded the Hindus the discontinuance of their religious ceremonies during the Muharram. Hindus refused to comply with this and petitioned Jinday (Officer Incharge of the Distt) for redressal.
Sept.1786	Balpur & other places in Berar	Muslim committed armed attack on the Hindus who were busy in their prayers.
1809	Banaras	The attempted construction of a building by Hindus on the Veutrog construction ground between the Mosque (built by Aurangzeb) and the present temple of Bisheshwas.
1840	Moradabad	(no cause was given)
1851	Bombay	Publication of some thing undesirable against prophet Mohammed by a Parsi in Gujrati paper.
1857	Moradabad, Bijnaur	(After mutiny, no cause given)
1871	Bareilly	Moharram and Ramnavami festivals fall on the same day.
1874	Bombay	A book in Gujrati published by a RH Jalbhoy "Great Prophets of the World"
1873-84	Mopala riots near Calicut	Intense provocation given to the Mopalas by the action of Raman who married a Muslim woman and soon after marriage reverted to Hinduism.
Oct.1886	Etawah & Delhi	The simultaneous occurrence of two religious festivals, Ramlila of Hindus and Moharram of Muslims.
1887	Bareilly	Moharram and Ramnavami festivals.
1889	Delhi	Conversion of a Hindu to Islam
1890	Aligarh	Obstruction of places of worship -- A pot of flesh was thrown at night in a mosque then beef was hung into two Hindu wells.
May1891	Calcutta	Friction between the parties over the building of a mosque
1891	Polaked in Salur district	Religious Hindu procession attacked by Muslims
July 1892	Prabhaspatan	Moharram festival
Aug1893	Bombay-2	Muslims gathered an impression that they needed special protection and that the European system of administration tended to increase the influence of the Hindus at their expense.
Sept1893	Kolaba dist.	--do--
1893	Ballia in UP	A reaction to the cow protection movement
1894	Madras	Vijaya Dasmi Day – Muslims pelted the idol and the processionists with cow dung (?)
Feb1894	Yeola in Nasik	Obstruction of Moharram (Tazia) by Hindus
July1895	Porbundar	Muslim procession passing through Hindu quarter.
1895	Dhulia	Ganpati procession attacked by Muslims
1907	Morghat	Partition of Bengal
1907	Memonsingh	The reasons were partly the growing irritation of the Muslims with the Swadeshi agitation and the boycott of European goods, engineered by the Hindus.
1910	Peshawar	Holi and Muslim festival Bara Wafat were on the same day.
1912	Ayodhya, Faizabad	Over the sacrifice of cows by the Muslims on the occasion of Bakri Id.
1913	Nellore	Construction and demolition of a mosque
1913	Kanpur	Muslim's resentment over the demolition of a lavatory attached to a mosque in connection with Municipal improvements.
1916	Patna	On Bakri-Id Hindu mob tried to prevent Muslims for performance of sacrifice.
1918	Gaya & Shahabad	Hindus terrorised the Muslims and prevented them from performing the sacrifice.
1921	Malegaon	Indian Council's Act of 1919
1921	Bangalore	Resentment of non-coperation movement
1922	Multan	--do--
1923	Amritsar, Lahore, Saharanpur in UP	All over India 15-20 severe riots took place due to Shudhi movement originated by Raja Ram Mohan Roy.
1924	Allahabad, Calcutta, and many other cities	Id festival and growing influence of Shidhi movement
1925	Calcutta	(no reason given)
1926	Calcutta	Music before the mosque
1926	Delhi, Patna, Rawalpindi, Allahabad, Dacca	Deep-rooted hatred and animosity engineered the riots with a minor incident.
Jan.1927	Paluakhali and Poonabalia	A quarrel between two persons of opposite communities.
Feb, 1927	Larkana, Lahore	---do---
June 1927	Dinapur, Multan Bettiah, Comila	Suspicion and deep rooted hatred engineered the riot.
Sept.1927	Nagpur	Muslim procession molesting a Hindu passerby
Sept.1927	Ahmedabad	Muslim prayer in Mosque and Hindu song in temple coming into conflict.
Sept.1927	Dehradoon	Ram Lila procession
Nov.1927	Delhi	The procession of a Muslim dead body who killed a Hindu Mahant
1928	Bangalore, Surat Nasik, Hydrabad	Bakri-Id
1929	Bombay	Some labour dispute engineered riot
1930	Dacca	In reaction of civil disobedience movement
1931	Banaras	---do---
1932	Bombay, Alwar	---do---
1933	Alwar, Calcutta	---do---
1935	Bharanga	---do---
1935	Hazaribagh	Ram Navami and Moharram on the same day
1935	Firozabad	Burnt a house with 11 persons including 3 children in continuance of above chain
1935	Champaran	---do---
1935	Shikandarabad	---do---
1935	Lahore	Out of some old vendetta
1935	Dudhial	Lahore reaction
1936	Poona-Khanapur	---do---
1936	Jamalpur	Music before a mosque by Hindu wedding procession
1936	Byculla	Temple-Mosque dispute
1937	UP	Cattle fair
1939	Asansole	Demolition of a holy book Ramayana by an opposite communty person
1939	Delhi	Quarrel between two persons
1939	Gawanpore	An attack by Muslims on Hindu marriage party
1939	# of dists. in UP	Holi festival and Calcutta
1939	Gaya	Music before a mosque
1939	Kanpur	Processionists attacked by opposite community persons.
1939	Meerut	Reaction to it.
1939	Sindh	---do---
1939	Sukkar	---do---
1941	Calcutta	Occasion of Moharram
1941	Ahmedabad	Muslims set fire to Maneckchowk bazaar, Predominance of Hindus
1946	Ahmedabad, Calcutta, Bombay, Noakhali, Patna, Dacca, et al	Muslim league gave a call for liberation week
1948	Udaipur	Quarrelling between two groups belonging to two opposite communities
1949	Secundrabad, Hydrabad, Saharanpur, Hambal	Started round Tonga, which was suspected to be carrying beef through a Hindu locality.
1949	Akola	Slaughter of a cow in a Muslim household
1950	Calcutta, Delhi Pilibhit, ALigarh Dhubri, Bombay,	Hindu militant group RSS tried to frustrate Indian Muslims to leave India
1951	Mangrol	---do---
1952	Banaras	Hindus tried to carry out repairs to a place of worship of theirs adjacent to a mosque sanctioned by the city Magistrate.
1953	Viramgaom	Holi festival
1953	Bhopal	Stone throwing by some miscreants at a procession taken by the Hindu Mahasabha to protest against cow slaughter.
1953	Gauhati	Angry crowd tried to prevent a Muslim family from sacrificing cow
1953	Nasik, Poona, Sangli	Ganapati festival and Moharram coincide
1953	Ahmedabad	---do---
1953	Poona	Arson bid in Poona
1953	Sholapur	Ganpati immersion day playing music before a mosque.
1953	Jamnagar	A boy stabbing a cow near a hotel
1954	Ghaziabad	Slaughter of a stolen cow
1954	Aligarh	Over the price of a melon between a hawker and a customer
1954	Nizamabad	Some persons hoisted the Pakistani flag on the statue of Mahatma Gandhi.
1954	Mathura	Some persons broke the idol of Krishna, which was installed for worship in a temple near Idgah mosque
1954	Gulbarga, Mannila, Fatehpur	Paskistani flag was hoisted over a temple of Ganesh
1956	Bhopal	Holi festival – Muslims threw bones in the Holi fire and an idol in a temple was defiled.
1956	Sholapur	Rival claims to a shrine made by the two communities.
1956	Many parts of UP	A publication of the Bhartiya Vidya Bhavan alleging insulting reference to Prophet Mohammed.
1956	Jabalpur	Forcibly closing down of shops in protest against damage to an idol of Ganapati.
1956	Khamgaon	Attack on a Ganapati procession before a mosque by a crowd.
1957	Hazaribagh	A clash between students in Moharram procession
1958	Belgaun	A procession of Hindus with music before a mosque
1958	Dulhia	Unauthorised cow slaughter
1958	Yeola	Muslims objecting a procession of Ganpati Idol.
1958	Bagalkot	A procession of RSS was stoned near Panka mosque
1959	Lucknow	Sprinkling of colour on Muslim on Holi festival by a Hindu
1958	Bhopal	----do----
1958	Sitamarhi	Spreading of a rumour that a cow was slaughtered
1960	Hubli	Idol of Maruti disfigured by someone
1960	Firozabad	Ramlila procession
1960	Saharanpur	Ramlila procession
1961	Jabalpur, Sangore, Narsinghpur, Damoh	Effort to molest a Hindu girl
1961	Palanpur	Discovery of animal bones in the place of worship
1961	Many cities in UP	Aligarh University hostel boy misbehaved with hostel girl
1961	Bhopal	Meeting of Jana Sangh Dist. Committee
1961	Vidisha, Bhopal	Hindu procession being disturbed by Muslims
1962	Sikundra	Slaughter of a cow
1962	Malda in WB	A week's agitation against the publication of a picture of Mohammed
1962	Agra	A quarrel between two persons belonging to opposite communities
1962	Mandsaur	A dispute over a business transaction
1962	Bareilly	Throwing of stones on a procession of Hindus passing through Muslim residential area
1962	Ratanagiri	Ganpati procession attacked by Muslims
1963	Junagarh	Criminal assault by two Muslim youths on a Hindu girl
1963	Islampur	Muslim participants of Moharram procession attacked by the police with lathi
1963	Akola	Ganpati idol was attacked by stones
1963	Nadia, Calcutta	Hair of Mohammed from Hazratbal mosque were stolen
1963	Srinagar	---do---
1964	Bihar, Orissa	Train carrying refugees of East Pakistan
1965	Udaipur	Scuffle between the two neighbors of opposite community
1966	Udaipur	Scuffle between the two wrestlers of two communities
1967	Ranchi	Brick batting on the Urdu agitators' procession
1967	Srinagar	Religious conversion and marriage of a girl of the Pandi community to a Muslim youth
1968	Meerut	A conference organised by the Jamaat-e- Islami in a college and a procession crossed by Jan Sangh
1968	Karimganj	Scuffle between two boys of opposite community on a cow of a Muslim
1968	Vizhinjam	Clash between Muslims and Christians when Muslims embarked on aggressive violent acts against catholics
1968	Allahabad	Holy reveller threw water color on a Muslim who pulled out a pistol
1968	Auditanda	Ramnavmi procession
1968	Manglore	Muslims had assaulted a Hindu fisherman
1968	Aurangabad	A Muslim bakery servant's attack on a cow with a knife
1968	Nagpur	Scuffle between a Muslim barber and a Neo Buddha
1968	Parbhani	A Hindu college student stabbed by one Muslim Rikshaw puller
1968	Mabajogi	Scuffle among students
1968	Pupri	Durga procession passed through a Muslim inhabited area
1968	Gumdum	A Hindu procession
1968	Cuttack	Music in front of mosque
1968	Veeranal	News of a death of a Muslim in his house
1969	Kendrapa	Music near a mosque
1969	Calcutta	Muslim demonstration before the office of the 'Statesman'
1969	Anjar	A clash between two persons of opposite community
1969	Hubli	Muslims objected to throwing of colored water on them on Holi
1969	Mau in UP	Beating of a Hindu boy by Muslim boys
1969	Anjar	An armed mob of Muslims attacked Hindus
1969	Gujarat	Mutual suspicion and animosity between the two communities
1969	Ahmedabad	Atack on Jaganath temple by Muslims
1969	Other cities in Guj	Repurcussions of above
1970	Chaibasa	Ram Navmi procession
1970	Bhiwandi and other parts of Maharashtra	Beginning with a quarrel between two persons of opposite communities
1972	Tonk	Bakri Id
1972	Banaras	Bakri Id
1973	Delhi	Two groups of miscreants clashed at Bara Hindu Rao area
1974	Jugeshwari	Anti-Muslim feeling injected by Shiv Sena workers in the minds of general people
1974	Delhi	Quarreling of two persons belonging to two opposite communities
1975	Jogeshwari	Militant action of Shiv Sena volunteers
1977	Chittorgarh	Id Festival
1977	Benaras	Durga procession